Quotes About Unity

When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.

Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.

All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,

the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,

Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.

The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.

They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,

“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ëWhat is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?

And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORDís possession, where the LORDís tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:

But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ëWhat have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

Therefore we said, ëIf they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.í

When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israelís clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.

Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.